| Language |
Reconstruction |
Reflex |
Description |
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Tikopia
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PN.HUI-MATUQA
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Te ivi matua
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Backbone
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Kapingamarangi
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PN.HUI-MATUQA
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Iwi madua
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Spine, backbone
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Tongan
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Hui tuʔa
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Backbone
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Niue
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Ivitua
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Backbone
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Tuvalu
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Ivi tuahivi
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Spine
Problematic
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Tuvalu
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Ivitua
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Backbone
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Tokelau
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Ivi tua
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Backbone [in Eng-Tok]
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Anuta
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Ui tua
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Backbone
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Hawaiian
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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(Iwi) kuamoʔo
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Spine, backbone
Problematic
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Mangareva
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Ivi tua
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Colonne vertébrale
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Tahitian
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Ivi tua
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Epine dorsale
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Marquesas
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Poʔo/ivitua
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Epine dorsale, colonne vertébrale
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Iwitua/raro, iwitua/roa
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Backbone
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Rarotongan
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PN.HUI-MATUQA
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Ivi metua
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Backbone, vertebrae
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Rarotongan
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Ivi mokotua
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Backbone, the necessary basis of anything
Problematic
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Rennellese
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Ibi tuʔa
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Backbone, vertebral column
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Sikaiana
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PN.HUI-TUQA
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Ivi tua
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Back bone
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East Uvea
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PN.TUQA-SIWI
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Tuʔa ivi
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Colonne vertébrale
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New Zealand Maori
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PN.TUQA-SIWI
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Tuaiwi
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Back, backbone
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East Uvea
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AN.KITE.A
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(Ki)kite
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Apparaitre de loin, commencer à paraitre
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Tuvalu
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AN.KITE.A
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Kite
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To see (of eyes), to have sharp vision
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Sikaiana
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AN.KITE.A
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Kite (pass. kitea)
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To see, to find
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Mangareva
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AN.FANO.1
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ʔAo
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Aller, se rendre quelque part
Phonologically Irregular
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East Uvea
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NP.UMELE
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ʔUmele
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Tousser d'une manière offensive
Uncertain Semantic Connection
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East Futuna
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PN.KAU-NATU
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Kaunato
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Bois que l'on frottait pour faire du feu
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Samoan
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OC.SIKA.2
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Siʔa/ga
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Apparatus (for making fire by friction) as a whole; piece of soft wood, as opposed to natu
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Tokelau
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OC.SIKA.2
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Hika/aga
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Dry wood which is held onto the ground firmly while being rubbed to and fro with the kaunatu until a fire is produced; the place on the wood where the kaunatu is rubbed to start a fire
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Sikaiana
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CC.KAPU-LOLO
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Upu/llo
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The brain organ
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Hawaiian
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EP.PEE-IA
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Peeia
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Thus, like this, this way (less definite than penei)
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Marquesas
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EP.PEE-IA
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Peéiá, pekeiá
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Comme ça, c'est ça, ainsi,,,
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Penrhyn
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EP.PEE-IA
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Peeia
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To do like this, do as I do, do as I am doing
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Rarotongan
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EP.PEE-IA
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Peeia
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LIke this
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Niue
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MP.GUTU.A
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Gutu manu
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Beak
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Pukapuka
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PN.PITO.2
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Pito
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Just a moment ago, just now (pre-verbal)
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Niue
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PN.OLA.1
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Ola/tia
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To be plentiful (ex. fish catch). To be successful (as in fishing etc.) (McE).
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Samoan
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PN.HULI.2*
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Uli
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Sprouts from the taro
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Nukuoro
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PN.HULI.2*
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Uli
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A sprout of a plant suitable for planting
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Niue
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MP.TIPA
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Faka/tipa/tipa
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To steer
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Rotuman
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PN.TOKA.1
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Foʔa
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Be high and dry
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Tongan
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PN.TOKA.1
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Toca, tocca
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Aground; to get aground, to lie on the ground
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East Uvea
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PN.TOKA.1
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Toka
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Echouer
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Vaeakau-Taumako
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PN.TOKA.1
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Toka/a
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Get stuck, be stranded
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Tongan
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PN.WASA-QA
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Vahaʔa
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Intervening space or time; fig., relationship, mutual feeling or attitude, esp. of a bad kind; in between, in an intermediate position
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Niue
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PN.WASA-QA
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Vahaa
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Time, season, space
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Niue
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PN.WASA-QA
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Vehaa
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Space in between; to be spread out (in time or space)
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East Uvea
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PN.WASA-QA
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Vaahaʔa
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Intervalle de temps ou d'espace; semaine
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East Futuna
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PN.WASA-QA
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Vasaʔa
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Semaine; entente; voisin
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Niue
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PN.WASA-QA
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Vahaa/loto
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Relationship
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Sikaiana
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CP.WASA
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Vaasa/o
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A free space in time or place; an unoccupied time or empty place; the place of someone, his role, job, responsibilities; the area between swamp gardens {taluano} where it is possible to stand up.
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Tongan
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PN.WA-WAA
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Vavaa
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Space between the earth and the sky
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